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Pass a law to require workplaces to give women 1 day menstrual leave a month

Submitted by Nusrath Khatoon on Thursday 29th July 2021

Published on Monday 2nd August 2021

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 2nd February 2022

Signatures: 81

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Basics ~ First day ~ Forced ~ Human Rights ~ Illness ~ Law ~ level ~ Medic ~ month ~ Severe ~ Up ~ Work from home

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Pass a law to require workplaces to give women 1 day menstrual leave a month

Petition Details

To pass legislation to allow women in the UK to take paid leave a month or to work from home if possible when experiencing severe menstrual pains.
Women are forced to take casual or medical leave or come into work and suffer excruciating pain, dizziness, back pain and nausea-this is injustice.

Additional Information

The mental and physical trauma of menstrual pains can be immense especially those that suffer severely from endometritis, nausea & back pain. It can also effect productivity levels at work and it is said that women lose up to 9 days of productivity in the year. This is a matter of basic human rights, menstruation is not an "illness" & women should not just call in sick every month to be excused from work. One day is being proposed because the first day of the cycle is often the most painful day.


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